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Oblivion vs Blackhole - What's the difference?

oblivion | blackhole |

As nouns the difference between oblivion and blackhole

is that oblivion is the state of forgetfulness or distraction; fig confused while blackhole is , especially in the attributive.

As verbs the difference between oblivion and blackhole

is that oblivion is to consign to oblivion; to efface utterly while blackhole is (internet) to redirect (network traffic, etc) nowhere; to discard incoming traffic.

oblivion

English

(wikipedia oblivion)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The state of forgetfulness or distraction; fig. confused
  • The state of being completely forgotten.
  • A state of permanent unconsciousness existing after death; fig. A state of nonexistence or nothingness
  • fig. a wasteland; a supernatural realm of waste, like hell ~ I will cast them into oblivion! Close shut the gates of oblivion! He found him in a desert land, in the oblivion, a howling wilderness.

    • Related terms

    * oblivious

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Antonyms

    * resurrection

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To consign to oblivion; to efface utterly.

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    blackhole

    English

    (too many supposedly distinct senses) (Black hole)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • , especially in the attributive.
  • (Internet) A place where traffic is silently discarded.
  • (programming) A bit bucket; a place of permanent oblivion for data.
  • (computing) DNSBL, used to block spamming IP addresses – are often called "blackhole lists"
  • (Internet) A blackhole server, a DNS server that handles reverse lookups of invalid IP ranges
    • One way of fighting spam is to use a blackhole''' list maintained on a '''blackhole server.
  • (management) A resource sink.

    • Verb

    (blackhol)
  • (internet) To redirect (network traffic, etc.) nowhere; to discard incoming traffic.
  • * 2005 , Victor Oppleman, Oliver Friedrichs, Brett Watson, Extreme exploits: advanced defenses against hardcore hacks (page 186)
    • Select a nonglobally routed prefix, such as the Test-Net (RFC 3330) 192.0.2.0/24, to use as the next hop of any attacked prefix to be blackholed .